Comparison of comparative yield and stubble height for estimating herbage standing crop in annual rangelands

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 438-441

  George, Melvin R ^a   Barry, Sheila J ^b   Larson, Stephanie R ^b   McDougald, Neil K ^b   Ward, Theresa A ^b   Harper, John M ^b   Dudley, Dennis M ^c   Ingram, Roger S ^b   Laca, Emilio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service ^*  (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Double sampling; Filaree; Monitoring; Residual dry matter

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEIGHT; RANGELAND; STUBBLE; YIELD RESPONSE;

ERODIUM; ERODIUM CICUTARIUM;

EID: 33746894081     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/04-166R2.1     Document Type: Article

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